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adjective

Definition of delayednext
as in belated

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delayed

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adverb

as in postponed

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delayed

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verb

past tense of delay
1
as in lingered
to move or act slowly she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed

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2
as in deferred
to assign to a later time our guests delayed their departure until after dinner

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delayed
  1. belated
  2. lingered
  3. postponed
  4. late
  5. deferred
  6. poked
Adjective
  • The Setting Sun The death of Queen Elizabeth II marked, in a belated way, the demise of empire.
    Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But a belated, uninspiring improvement is an improvement nonetheless.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of belated
Verb
  • Heavy drinking among American adults spiked by over 20% during the height of COVID, and for some, those habits lingered even after lockdowns were lifted.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Burnes, though, lingered on the market.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of lingered
Verb
  • The session was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton striking the state of Florida.
    Volodymyr Yurchuk and Elise Morton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Allstate Sugar Bowl at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome was scheduled to be played on New Year's Day, but was postponed until Thursday.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of postponed
Adjective
  • The city’s 3-K program, for three-year-olds, is not yet universal, owing to Mayor Eric Adams’s budget austerity; his latest budget proposal leaves 3-K with a funding gap of a hundred and twelve million dollars.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Hollywood’s latest attempt at rebooting Wolf Man certainly doesn’t lack for pedigree, between Blumhouse and writer-director Leigh Whannell, the duo behind 2020’s The Invisible Man, which was a surprise hit in earning north of $144 million globally.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of late
Verb
  • Carolina signed Seth Jarvis and Jacob Slavin to extensions during the offseason that included payments deferred until 2032 and ’33 respectively.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • During the first month of the season, Toronto signed Jake McCabe to a five-year extension that has deferred money until 2031.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deferred
Verb
  • Glaser — the host of the 2025 Golden Globe awards — also poked fun at Bündchen’s relationship with jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente during the roast.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And nobody had to guess the color of his underwear, as his black and gray Tom Ford briefs poked purposefully out from his pants.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of poked
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